Celebrity Speech Impediments, Accents, Dialects, etc. Follow DL on Celebrity Speech Impediments, Accents, Dialects, etc. Liza's "sh" - when did it start? Why has it worsened? Carol's "sh" sibilant lateral lisp - is it just exaggerated, or does she do it in private too? Holly Hunter - uses the same regionalism for every role, regardless of where the play/tv show/movie is set. Hepburn uses her New England dialect in DRAGON SEED when she's supposed to be a Chinese! Discuss the celebrity speech impediments that you find endearing or irritating in the extreme by Anonymous reply 174 07/27/2016 Holly Hunter owns this thread. There's a reason her only accolades have come from a movie in which she didn't say a word. It's not the ridiculous accent as much as it sounds like she constantly has marbles and snuff in her mouth. by Anonymous Drew Barrymore's baby-doll lisp is totally distracting. by Anonymous Oliver Hudson has a lisp he cannot conceal.

by Anonymous reply 11 05/30/2010 Adam Scott-- who grew up in Santa Cruz, CA-- has a bit of the universal rich kid stoner's drawl. The soft o's, etc. I love it. by Anonymous reply 13 05/30/2010 Whitney's. Her speech is so slurred. I don't know what it's about. Her tongue is weird, too, when she sings. by Anonymous reply 14 05/30/2010 Peter Sarsgaard has something going on with his speech, but I can't quite put my finger on it. It's a general ooziness. So sleazy, of course I love it. by Anonymous reply 18 05/30/2010 Bernadette Peters's Queens accent -- I can't believe she hasn't been asked to blend when singing. In the cast recording for "Gypsy," the actors playing Louise and Herbie sing "togetherrrrr" and Bernadette sings "togetha." Sticks out in a big way.

by Anonymous reply 22 05/30/2010 I thought part of acting school was to take speech and enunciation classes and learn how to hide or fake an accent. by Anonymous most don't go to acting school by Anonymous reply 24 05/30/2010 Annie Lennox rules with her soft Scottish burr. I don't hear it in her songs, though, even live ones. by Anonymous reply 25 05/30/2010 Holly Hunter is hearing impaired and has that southern accent. It is amazing that she can speak as well as she does. Carol Kane is another one who is hearing impaired as well. I cannot snark on either one of those two at all. Drew Barrymore is horrible. I think she was told to keep the lisp as a child (for a cuteness factor) and just could never get rid of it. Some child stars are told such things. Barbara Walters spent part of her girlhood in Boston. I think that made her speech issue worse or something.

There is an interview she did somewhere on the net where her Boston accent shone through like the dickens, but she also had that total inability to pronounce her "R's" as well. It is really weird and I wish I could remember where I saw it, but I cannot. Troy Garity has a horrible way of speaking. He is Jane Fonda's son and I have no idea what is wrong with him, but he can barely speak clearly at all and he oftentimes speaks really slowly like a stroke victim or something. I think he owns this thread. The best person who kept their accent is Paula Prentiss. She almost always used her own Texas accent in films and all and just did not let it stop her because she had a masterful command of her voice. by Anonymous Russell Simmons owns this thread. by Anonymous reply 27 05/30/2010 [quoteIt's so funny to hear that bit of Australia come out of his mouth, when he's supposed to be in ancient Troy or outer space. Because we all know that people in ancient Troy spoke with a British accent. by Anonymous 05/30/2010 Keep on rolling them, idiot at R28.

The point is that the cast were also supposed to speak with a uniformity of accents - the British accent was the one chosen. by Anonymous reply 29 05/30/2010 I think R8 is right about Australian actors. My friend is an actor from Australia and she says the same thing. Their film industry is tiny and everyone knows they have to master American accent if they want to have a chance at international career. by Anonymous 05/30/2010 ADAM ARKIN! Seriously, couldn't his father afford a speech therapist? It makes me nuts! Jesse Jackson owns this thread! I don't understand a word he says--is it a southern accent or speech impediment? by Anonymous 05/30/2010 R31 Here is a clip of Troy Garity speaking. And yes, I do think he is "special" in some way. His way of speaking in "A Soldier's Girl" is how he really speaks. Really. Jane Fonda totally favors him for sure. by Anonymous 05/30/2010 R33's clip is hilarious.

I didn't realize Troy Garity spoke like he was recovering from a massive head injury and the fact that he plays the communications officer in his sci-fi movie is unintentionally hysterical. It's like he's channeling William Shatner attending the Keanu Reeves School of Thespian Arts. by Anonymous reply 34 05/30/2010 Jay Leno's voice makes me want to hit him in the face with a shovel. Or maybe it's just because I hate him so much. by Anonymous reply 35 05/30/2010 For the poster commenting on Bernadette Peters' accent....singing a hard "R" at the end of words is a hallmark of untrained singers. by Anonymous reply 36 05/30/2010 Holly Hunter speaks out of the side of her mouth due to hearing loss she suffered as a child. She is deaf in one ear. I thought Gerard Butler's garbled speech was a Scottish thing, because Sean Connery has similar issues. However, as a child Butler had surgery that impaired his hearing.

by Anonymous reply 38 05/30/2010 What I have, dahling, is not an impediment, much less an affectation, nor can it accurately be considered an accent. It's more of a life style, dahling, really. by Anonymous R41, many gays find it difficult to eliminate a lisp. by Anonymous reply 42 05/30/2010 "Holly Hunter speaks out of the side of her mouth due to hearing loss she suffered as a child. She is deaf in one ear." I thought I read it was from a firearm that went off too close to her ear on a movie set. by Anonymous reply 44 05/30/2010 "Judge Judy"'s authority is undermined by her coarse Brooklyn accent. It will always make her sound less educated. by Anonymous reply 45 05/30/2010 Anderson Cooper pronounces double t's like d's. He'll say "buddon" instead of "button" and "Manhaddan" instead of "Manhattan", "thredden" instead of "threaten". It's oddly cute.

He also has a habit of saying "ro-butt" instead of "robot". by Anonymous reply 56 05/31/2010 Alicia Silverstone speaks out of the side of her mouth too--it is such an odd affectation. Doesn't Ally Sheedy do it too? I watched "St. Elmo's Fire" the other night and she has some weird mouth movement going on... by Anonymous reply 57 05/31/2010 Maybe someone already mentioned something similar, but I hate how John McCain says WAR-shington instead of WASH-ington. by Anonymous reply 58 05/31/2010 Gywneth Paltrow's lisp. She gets accolades from critics for her British accent but it's an accent marred by the ever present lisp. by Anonymous reply 59 05/31/2010 Charlize Theron's tongue roll, her voice comes off like she has a bucket of saliva in her mouth.

by Anonymous reply 64 12/09/2010 "Drew Barrymore's baby-doll lisp shines through in every role, but I find it endearing."%0D %0D %0D %0D %0D Speaking of baby doll lisps....Katie Holmes. Surprised no one mentioned her. Her baby voice irritates me to no end.%0D %0D by Anonymous reply 65 12/09/2010 Liza doesn't have dentures. If you compare pics from her younger Cabaret days and now, it's the same teeth. Her more recent speech impediment is a result of the encephelitis she was stricken with a decade ago. by Anonymous 12/09/2010 I love you, r47. It's like we grew up in the same household. Getting back to our list, the best friend (Crista Miller) from "Cougartown" has something going on with her lips that gives her an obnoxious lisp. She's one of the reasons I stopped watching the show.

by Anonymous reply 67 12/09/2010 Barbara Walters has an accent typical of the Jewish community in inner-city Boston. I work with an older man about a decade younger than Barbara who grew up a block away from her, and he speaks the same way. by Anonymous reply 70 12/09/2010 [quote]John McCain says WAR-shington instead of WASH-ington%0D %0D My mom says "warsh" for "wash" too but she's from Michigan. I don't know what McCain's excuse is. by Anonymous 12/09/2010 Clay Aiken. What is up with his phrasing when he sings? [quote]Holly Hunter speaks out of the side of her mouth due to hearing loss she suffered as a child. She is deaf in one ear. I'm not knocking her and whatever problem she may have, but Stephen Colbert lost hearing in one ear when he was a kid and he speaks beautifully. by Anonymous reply 72 12/09/2010 Chris Matthews should not be on television or radio with that disgusting speech.

A few months ago he criticized someone for having a "NJ accent." %0D %0D He should listen to himself before he dare criticize anyone.%0D %0D by Anonymous Chris Wragge is the ultimate mush mouth! by Anonymous reply 79 12/09/2010 I think Troy Garrity's accent is adorable. And it doesn't hurt that he's about the cutest thing around. And the person who said Holly Hunter speaks out of the side of her mouth because of hearing loss in one ear is a complete moron. People who do that do it because of facial muscle anomalies. by Anonymous reply 80 12/09/2010 John Travolta's been fighting his way past ill-fitting dentures for several years now. He always sounds like Liza Minnelli. %0D %0D I wonder if the Drew Barrymore lisp comes from being a drunk during her formative years. Whenever she speaks I see a little girl in a party dress at Studio 54 demanding her next line of coke. by Anonymous You can't discuss "baby voice" without mentioning Melanie Griffith. Sounds like she's 5 instead of 55.

by Anonymous reply 85 12/09/2010 David Zayas, the guy who plays Angel Batista on Dexter has an Elmer Fudd-like speech impediment. It's always there a little, but on the last episode in particular it was very pronounced. by Anonymous reply 86 12/09/2010 Judging by the thoughts Troy Garrity is expressing in that video, he is not dumb or special, I think he has emotional/mental issues. by Anonymous reply 87 12/09/2010 [quote]Getting back to our list, the best friend (Crista Miller) from "Cougartown" has something going on with her lips that gives her an obnoxious lisp. More plastic surgery than Cher, and started way younger. God knows why, too; she was so adorable on "Drew Carey" that I had a huge crush on her. Now she's a mannequin with Michael-Jackson syndrome. Not a good change. Mine: Hal Sparks as Michael in "Queer as Folk" -- the character was born and bred in PA, but the actor's from Kentucky.

In a stand-up routine, Sparks talks about "taking his accent into an alley and shooting it" so it wouldn't keep him from getting laid, but the one word that survived the assault was 'everybody'. He says 'ever-body' in almost every episode of QAF. A friend pointed it out early on, and after that I couldn't ignore it. by Anonymous [quote]Jay Leno's voice makes me want to hit him in the face with a shovel. Somebody already beat you to it, R34. ITA with R51. reply 95 12/13/2010 "Hepburn uses her New England dialect in DRAGON SEED when she's supposed to be a Chinese!"%0D %0D Just to be clear, are you suggesting that she should have a Chinese accent? A standard American accent? What? by Anonymous reply 96 12/13/2010 What is that jesse jackson accent? No one else speaks that way. Even his son doesn't speak with that accent. by Anonymous reply 97 12/13/2010 Troy Garity sounds fine to me.

Those bags under his eyes...they are really distracting. Elizabeth Perkins' lisp always bugs the hell out of me. I haven't seen her lately, maybe she's retired? by Anonymous Do film and TV actors even get vocal training anymore? I hear so much bad, mumbled, horrible-sounding speech onscreen these days I can't stand it. by Anonymous reply 105 04/09/2012 [quote]Holly Hunter - uses the same regionalism for every role, regardless of where the play/tv show/movie is set. I guess you missed the note-perfect Scottish burr she used for her voiceovers at the beginning and the end of The Piano. by Anonymous reply 106 04/09/2012 R7--I guess Holly's Best Actress Oscar nomination for Broadcast News, isn't much of an accolade. I love her accent and find it endearing. She does speak in The Piano and sounds nothing like a hillbilly. Her accent was good enough for Jodie Foster to steal for Silence of the Lambs and win an Oscar.

by Anonymous reply 107 04/09/2012 Maggie Gyllenhaal lisps. I was surprised when I saw her on some late night talk show a while ago, but she definitely has one. by Anonymous reply 108 04/09/2012 Madonna's speaking dialect of choice is a truly funny mishmash of "white American woman putting on a vaguely brit/euro/posh accent." But then one out of her every dozen vowel sounds misses its mark, and you hear a fleeting glimpse of the Ciccone clan from Pontiac MI. by Anonymous reply 109 04/09/2012 R101 You just know the Paula Prentiss Troll will come after you for that! Uh huh. Sarah Paulson annoys me just like in general. But, what she is doing lately really gets on my nerves. She forces her voice down into a low register but then when he lisp acts up her natural register goes right along with it. It is the weirdest thing. In "Game Change" she would speak in her fake lower register but then when her lisp would act up she would speak in a breathy voice.

Annoying! Own your lisp, Sarah. Just own it. You're almost 40 years of age, there is nothing more that can be done with it so just own it, deary. by Anonymous Joan Rivers is from Larchmont. Her accent is not Brooklyn at all. by Anonymous reply 133 04/10/2012 This is very offensive. Don't stop someone because they may have a slight speech impediment.I have heard BEAUTIFUL singers and TALENTED actors/actresses with lisps. I don't understand what the problem is.And why would you care?It usually has to do with the mouth's formation.Or the way you grew.Its not their fault! by Anonymous reply 134 04/17/2012 R133 - Joan Rivers was born and raised in Brooklyn and later moved to Larchmont. Her accent is decidedly Brooklyn, which she acknowledges and is proud of as it is her trademark. by Anonymous [quote]I don't understand what the problem is. And why would you care? I care because it's unpleasant to listen to someone with a speech impediment!

And I'm pretty sure that virtually every single type of speech impediment could be rectified if the person sought professional help. by Anonymous reply 137 04/18/2012 Sometimes it seems that Len Goodman of Dancing With the Stars has a slight speech impediment, but I could just be imagining things. by Anonymous reply 138 04/18/2012 [quote]Sometimes it seems that Len Goodman of Dancing With the Stars has a slight speech impediment, but I could just be imagining things. No, I've heard it, too. But I think he's either nearly overcome it, or else he's learned how to hide it; either way, it's so fleeting it seems imaginary. by Anonymous [R142] But still hot as fuck. by Anonymous reply 143 09/17/2012 [R143] when I go home to Texas, Matthew does the voice overs for Reliant Energy company. The voice always catches my attention and I just melt.

by Anonymous reply 144 09/17/2012 Didn't women used to be taught that it wasn't lady-like to pronounce a hard "R," which is why a lot of older women (like Baba Wawa) round it off? by Anonymous reply 145 09/17/2012 Janine Turner could not drop the drawl. On NE Maggie was supposed to be from Michigan, but Janine could not be convincing as a Midwesterner. by Anonymous 09/17/2012 I love Jean Arthur's coy-frog voice. Evidently so did Paula Poundstone. I hate the way Anton Yelchin and Adam Brody talk. There's the hint of lisp plus the Owen Wilson soft-consonant bit. I cannot listen to Jimmy Stewart and Audrey Hepburn. His legendary voice is a distraction, and she was an early waif with a mincing voice. Humprey Bogart is the only person whose lisp is a turn on. by Anonymous [quote]Janine could not be convincing as a Midwesterner. She can't be convincing as a human, either.

by Anonymous reply 148 09/17/2012 [quote]Do film and TV actors even get vocal training anymore? I hear so much bad, mumbled, horrible-sounding speech onscreen these days I can't stand it. It's the same here in England. I was watching a TV drama this evening and the lead (cast cos he's pretty & a model, but now wants to act and is quite god, I suppose) mumbled and muttered and slurred his words. I could only work out about 1/3 of what he said in the whole film. I went to acting school in England in the early 80s and they were teaching you how to talk and project before you'd finished walking into the room and I have NO objection to that. by Anonymous reply 149 09/17/2012 In recent years there have been more and more actors from the UK who have skipped drama school and formal training, once de rigueur, and it shows.

by Anonymous A couple of the afore-mentioned celebrities have cleft lips/palates: -Tom Brokaw -Jesse Jackson reply 152 09/18/2012 Barbara Walters does not have a lisp, but she famously has trouble with her "r"s. It's not a speech impediment but an accent common to a small group of Jews who live in Boston--I know because I work with a man who is in Barbara's age group who grew up two blocks away from her in Buoston, and he speaks the exact same way. You should hear him give directions to his house--he lives on a street called "Rural Road"! by Anonymous reply 153 09/18/2012 Sarah Paulson's voice irritates me to no end. Not looking forward to her lisping through another season of American Horror Story. It takes me right out of the show--I can't focus on anything else. by Anonymous I was just about to mention Wentworth Miller's sibilant s.

by Anonymous reply 163 04/20/2014 Adam scott 's drawl is the same as the bald dude from Hotel Impossible who also has a hair of Babwa Wawltas/Elmer Fudd going on. I want to know what this specific impediment/accent is called. by Anonymous reply 166 05/15/2014 Has Anyone noticed Britney's way of projecting the tongue against the upper lip to pronounce the /l/ sound. I always wondered if it was a marketing gimmick (probably the whorish part of overtly sexualized school girl) or if she really does it that way in real life which sounds totally retarded. See how she is pronuncing "My /l/oneliness is ki/l/ing me no more". She also does it with the /ð/ sound as in "than" below. by Anonymous reply 167 05/15/2014 Also, as much as I love her, Adele always puts the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLABle and doesn't enunciate clearly.

Someone Like You would be even more fantastic if she didn't mush all the words together. Neva min I'll fin Some un Li Keyew.... by Anonymous Madonna Height - How tall Add a Comment 150 comments Average Guess (8 Votes) 5ft 3.69in Melisentia said on 30/Nov/16 How can Madonna be 5'0??? Watch her and Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at the MTV awards. Britney is about the same height as Madonna, maybe an inch taller, while Christina looks super short singing next to the two. Christina is 5'0 for sure. She is SHORT. Sandy Cowell said on 25/Nov/16 I read countless times in the 80's when she first burst onto the scene that she was 5ft4.5!

Her music isn't something I'd pay to listen to, though I did pay to see her in the film 'Desperately Seeking Susan' and I quite enjoyed it, which is more than can be said for that dreadful documentary 'In Bed With Madonna' which should have been renamed 'In Earshot of Madonna', because there was so much swearing in it that it ceased being funny! She didn't come over as small in the first film; she was noticeably taller than Rosanna Arquette, and chunkier, although they were supposed to be playing girls of the same size! (5ft4/110lbs - I still remember!) I see she has lost an inch at the age of 58, which is often the way when women keep their food intake to a minimum. She does work at looking good, and it shows, there's no denying her that! MJKoP said on 15/Oct/16 "Everything about me is average" I literally lol'd.

Heightgirl said on 14/Jul/16 Ariana Grande was wearing heels with 1" platforms and looked about the same height as Madonna but Grande is said to be max 5f1 so with that I think Madonna is actually 5f2 max. She was listed at that in the 80s but not sure why the bump in her height? Most celebs always seem to add an inch or two or three to their real height. lol Jerome said on 25/Jan/16 She's shorter than Ariana grande when she joined her on stage...... 5'5 said on 22/Dec/15 Casting call for her body double in the 90's was for a 5'4" 120 lbs C cup any color haired caucasian woman 20-30. Myke said on 2/Dec/15 I'm 5'3' ,, she prolly about my height then. Doesn't matter I guess it's what inside that counts the most. ❤️ Rojina said on 19/Nov/15 @T.N.T you must be MAD!

Have you seen Madonna side by side against 6 FT Geena Davis in A League Of Their Own? In running plimsoles (which are no more than an inch in length) she came up above Davis' shoulder-so she MUST be over 5 ft 3! Her arms, legs & torso are too long for her to be 5 feet considering how athletically muscly she is! mande2013 said on 19/Aug/15 @A6'1Guy One thing I find baffling but also amusing is that females more often have a tendency to underguess than to overguess a man's height. My mother has a tendency to think most men are 2-3 cms shorter than they are. A6'1Guy said on 11/Jun/15 @T.N.T I believe it was proven or said to be so that the general female has a hard time estimating and comparing size, now there could be many factors that could play into it though. T.N.T. said on 3/Jun/15 Another bogus height estimation, unless of-course super-platform heels are taken into account. No way was Madonna ever above the 5 foot range.

4 foot 11 women claiming that they're 5 foot 4; 5 foot 4 women claiming that they're 5 foot 8; and 5 foot 8 women claiming that they're over 6 feet.. It appears that the only men and women who are honest about their heights are the true barefoot 6-footers. Just put all these myth-lovers next to the true amazons-Gwendoline Christie, Elizabeth Debicki, and Karlie Kloss-and their myth will surely be busted. Oh yes, the other one that Gaga is 5 foot 1 is also for laughs.. (5 foot 1 with her hands up in the air, yes, that is feasible). Rhonda said on 16/Mar/15 158cm on Johanthan Ross. Looks about 5ft2 with four inches heels on to make her still look small next Ross.

James Edward Crowley said on 14/Mar/15 She is 5ft 3.5in which is pretty much average height for a woman she is never looked taller than that even when she was younger she hasn't lost anything she is very fit for her age she was prettier than she was when she was younger. VegasBitch said on 9/Feb/15 I stood next to her: I am 5'3" and she was shorter than me, which doesn't happen very often. Ian C said on 16/Nov/14 And she has an I.Q. of 140, which is higher than the mean for the Nobel winners in Economics. If she uses the same special, personalized scale for measuring her height that she uses for measuring her intelligence she can easily claim to be six foot three. MJB said on 28/Oct/14 Madonna is actually 5'4 and 1/2 tall but on her bio it says she's 5'5". on tour she's 110 lbs and when not on tour she's around roughly 120 lbs. But she does workout a lot too to get herself fit before going on tour.

so this should answer all of you guys question. ThePlankton5165 said on 22/Jul/14 Madonna has to be 5'5". Phoebe said on 13/Jul/14 Madonna is 5ft6 1.71m weight: 65kg (133lbs) she is taller than avril lavigne who is 5ft45 1.63m tall Brad said on 14/Feb/14 That makes Madonna 5'. Excuse me while I laugh. Ellie said on 13/Feb/14 My sis who is about 5'5" said several years ago in Malibu she stood NEXT to Ms. Madonna, who came up to the middle of her nose. Actually my sister is closer to 5'4".

Jo said on 22/Dec/13 Besides Katy Perry, actor Benjamin Bratt remarked on one of the things which surprised him when he met her was how Madonna was "quite petite" (at 5:36) Click Here Cliff said on 30/Nov/13 Katy Perry (5'7") mentioned she was surprised how small Madonna was when she met her the first time and how she towered over her: Click Here westhollygym said on 29/Nov/13 If she is even 5'4" it's a stretch. In the gym in flat shoes in 1984 she was about 5'2" tall when she was still a little puffy and not in shape. Getting thinner didn't make her taller it just gave her the illusion of height. She isn't average She is tiny. Fynlandia said on 15/Nov/13 Is 5'4 like 165 cm or 163 or what? :0 [Editor Rob: 163] marla singer said on 16/Sep/13 Rob, how tall is her daughter according to you? Will you ever add her?

[Editor Rob: I doubt I'd ever add her, she looks similar range to her mum] marla singer said on 16/Sep/13 Rob, how tall is her daughter according to you? Will you ever add her? CatLover said on 11/Sep/13 One of my nieces sat next to her at a concert once. She reported that Madona seemed very small. Only about 5ft. wi$dom said on 9/Jul/13 not 161cm. Cliff said on 28/Dec/12 anonangel: I can most certainly assure you that Madonna is nowhere near 5'8 - accept maybe in platform wedges. She herself only claims five four and a half. anonangel said on 22/Dec/12 This is definiately not what I have heard about Madonna. I heard she is tall: 5'8. Is everyone sure about this? I mean, she looks pretty tall to me!

Copnovelist195 said on 9/Nov/12 I held a door open to a lady in tweeds and her friend whilst entering a bar at the Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge around 2003/4 and was puzzled how she made her way past the rest of us to the front of the queue and was seated and served immediately by the bar staff. After, she handed over her tweed hat and jacket I could see why - it was none other than Madonna. She was in her mid 40s and looked about 28 with good skin. It's about the only time in my life when I have been truly star-struck. Taking into account her footwear, I would put her at 5ft4. CLC said on 13/Feb/12 Madonna's father & My great grandmother were cousins. I've seen Madonna in concert a few years ago & she looked about 5'3" not counting the huge heels she had on. She was probably 5'4 no more, back in the 80s. SIlent d said on 1/Feb/12 I heard she is short but not kylie minogue short.

I remember on the graham norton show she was about his height in 5 inch heels. He's about 174cm. 161cm is about right. I think she is taller than lady gaga because gaga always wears platform heels. Jstar said on 18/Jan/12 Wow, I had no idea she was that short. I always assumed she was about 5'6". I saw her in concert, but I was so far away, I couldn't tell she was that short. Brad said on 28/Dec/11 5' 3" today, 5' 4" next to me in '82. avi said on 17/Dec/11 yeah Rob probably weak 5'3 Dave said on 28/Oct/11 hey Rob in this mug shot she dosn't look taller than 5'3 Click Here tog said on 7/Oct/11 she's even shorter than lourdes! Robert said on 3/Oct/11 I know someone in the music biz who's very close to Madonna. She's 5'2" and said Madonna is a little shorter than she is.

It really doesn't matter but no way is Madonna anything close to 5'4". 5'1" is probably about right. John said on 22/Sep/11 Madonna is shorter than Lady Gaga who is 155cm!! Stiff said on 11/Sep/11 5'3 seems righ acording this next to Clint eastwood (sort of , anyway): Click Here Max said on 6/Sep/11 Madonna's daugther looks pretty tall standing on a beach in France; but the reality is she's petite Bon_ said on 18/Jul/11 let me guess, you're an Israeli and you are super tall? :D Ab said on 3/Jul/11 @Irene I don't want to be a Mr. Me Too, but for me 6 ft(bit more or less is good too) women is golden standard. Shame that there is quiet many wonderful women who has to downgrade their height. Sadaat said on 28/Jun/11 Irene! 6ft is not only perfect but "ideal' for me.

Irene said on 2/Jun/11 @Jig Awat After being critisized all my life about my 6ft height as a woman, being called a giraffe, a giant , a tranny,a flamingo, a hungarian horse, I am so happy one person at last says 6ft is a perfect height for women! Thank you. rico5340 said on 8/Apr/11 At the Who`s that Girl concert at Anaheim Stadium in 1987 i was 2 ft away and estimated her height to be 5.2. Her head came my nose level as i stand 5.8, she is no more than 5.2-5.2 1/2 at best. Brad said on 7/Apr/11 Madonna has her beat in every photo with Perez. Madonna doesn't wear tread at awards, she's a strong 5' 3", bit more at age 23. AW's tale is laughable, she's nowhere near 5' 0" or 5' 1" or 2".

Jig Awat said on 6/Apr/11 6'0" is the perfect height for women. Heightgirl said on 23/Mar/11 Here's a better picture of Madonna next to 5f1.5 Rosie Perez - both have boots on but Madonna's has more of a tread Click Here I really doubt Madonna is above 5f2 Heightgirl said on 23/Mar/11 I found this old shot of her next to 5f1.5 Rosie Perez and she didn't seem much taller. I heard that she was 5f2 for a while in the 80s and 90s but then all of a sudden she claims over 5f4 lol Funny! I say she's 5f2 or a bit under Click Here omer said on 23/Mar/11 She Is About 5'4 - 5'5 Here's A Pic Of Her And The King Michael Jackson Who was 5'11" 180 cm Remember the two inch rule people... As she claims 5'4.5" she's probably actually 5'3".

I wonder how tall Lourdes is, she looks 2 or 3 inches bigger than her mum AW said on 1/Mar/11 In 1994, my sister and I spent nearly an hour in a very small shoe store in virginia highlands (atlanta) with madonna. At many times they stood side by side, butt to butt standing in front of a shoe mirror. i paid close attention to the different size heals and at one point they had on the same pair if different colors. my sister - i measured afterwards barefoot because I was shocked by Madonna's petiteness... my sister measured 5'4 3/8". Madonna was considerably shorter. she is either 5'0, 5'1 or 5'2"max! I would bet my life on it. The fact that this site lists her at 5.3.5 makes me question all other heights listed here. Abdul said on 10/Feb/11 A guy I did a training course with is a professional actor, and has done many minor roles. He said she was about 5'2, surprisingly short compared to how she looks on camera.

Anonymous said on 21/Jan/11 5'4" is the perfect height for a woman, and madonnas weight/porportions are excellent. no need to be taller, it doesnt make u hotter. dwerb said on 2/Jan/11 whats with the insecuritys?who cares what height anyone is.people who emphasize so much on someones height is insecure and just trying to make someone else as inadequate to make themselves feel better period. Rolfe said on 17/Dec/10 5' 4" seems the most logical. Taller than 5' 3" of Sheryl Crow but not 5'5". 5'4.xxx something is average for both caucasian and negroid women. Madonna is definitely not 5'6". That would be Jessica Alba or somebody else. Madonna is simply not longed limbed enough to fall in that category of 5'6 to 5'7. Madonna of average height and no more or less might be close to accurate. 5'6" is definitely taller than the average woman black or white. Orientals range more in the 5'2 area.

Madonna appears taller than most orientals but not as tall as Brigitte Bardot who is 5'6. Bardot is taller than Madonna and her limbs suggest it as well. 5' 4" for Madonna. No more or less. If I'm correct, I know that deserves a Cuban cigar. However! Last time I smoked I choked. Only send beer folks! infamous said on 4/Dec/10 Don't forget the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. Madonna, Britney and Aguilera were wearing the similar high heels. Here are some pics. funny, I've always thought she was 5ft5-5ft5.5 Brad said on 2/Nov/10 She's rarely seen without customs, she hates being short. The wedge sneakers and gigantic boots onstage are for a reason. William1986 said on 1/Nov/10 I think she's almost 165 cm. I have met her, she weared shoes with not very high heels (7/8 cm) and she was taller than me (I'm 169 cm). Anon_V said on 21/Sep/07 Hmmm?

Madonna is nearly 50, is it possible she has shrunk like the rest of us mere mortals? 5'3 is generous. Latisha 'B.B.M. (Big Boobs Momma) Jackson said on 4/Sep/07 Madonna, I remember, used to be about 5ft 5 when she was 'workin' the clubs in NYC. Howeva, she would dance so frantically to her songs--when the DJs played her stuff; that over the years, she shrunk a couple of inches due to severe "dancefloor burn", as well as a hidden addiction to foreign, frozen microwaveable snacks. The material girl is so adorable though, that even if she was a little poodle barking obnoxiously loud; all the die-hard fans would applaud among tears and hysterical screams of desperation to be within feet of her madge-esty. Afterall, her new line of clothing 'M' was sold out in stores the first day, because of the frenzied hordes of madge-wannabe's, desperate to over-indulge on her new rags.

What makes her that much more interesting though, is that at 5'3.5" she's able to screetch such hurricane of emotions out of young girls, ageing drugged-out tranvestites, yuppies and right down freEaks alike; that few other people much more volumptuos than herself, would ever dream of achieving. She's a definite fighter-woman, that truly deserves her popularity and respect. You GO girl! you're frozen....when the snack's not open.... glenn said on 31/Aug/07 i wish.id be set for life. Franco said on 29/Aug/07 hey Glenn, were you getting married with Madonna in that picture? you looked as if you staring @ the priest LOL both of you :D Madonna has been to Italy countless times, she's 160cm flat. BigT said on 2/Aug/07 my friend saw her at a video shoot in North London and said he was tiny maybe 5'2" TJ said on 16/May/07 But at 5'3, Madonna isn't tiny or very small. She's about an inch below average.

You would think the Canadian person was describing a person of 4'11 or 5'0. Editor Rob said on 16/May/07 Canadian person in Malawi was saying in paper on meeting madonna: " The stand-out for Williams was how tiny Madonna is in stature....'She's small, very small. I'm 5'3" and I was surprised she wasn't any taller.' " pamela said on 19/Apr/07 To me she seems she is 5´3 or 5´3.5 When she stood next to Britney in the 2003 VMA´s she clearly was at least an inch shorter than Britney. If Britney is 5´4 I´m guessing that Madonna is 5´3 cuz she is clearly shorter than Britney. Kathryn said on 14/Apr/07 yes, she is this height definately. but maybe she´s an half inch taller.

because sometimes, when standing next to Britney Spears, she´s almost her height (5'4.5'') and so i would rather say, Madonna is 5'4'' or a half inch taller like she said in the interview with Carrie Fisher. Melle said on 28/Feb/07 My sister is 5-5. She said she stood next to Madonna at a Malibu restaurant (mid 90's) and Madonna had come up to her at nose level, and my sister carries herself more like five-six. ttujtyjgjgh said on 27/Feb/07 5'3!? Wow, talk about projecting larger... I would've guessed five foot eight! A woman of such accomplishment! Well, she's very proportionate. No stubby legs or anything. Pete said on 20/Feb/07 Arthur Wrightus said on 18/Feb/07 Rumours abound that she has had a leg extension op.

Anonymous said on 29/Jan/07 pamela, the mother in that document says exactly, "she's so tiny and cute!" i'm assuming "tiny" is under 5'4, considering 5'4 is pretty average. Glitter1 said on 15/Jan/07 ABOUT 5'3.5 SMALL. ADORABLE IN PERSON. GREAT BOD. anonymous said on 30/Dec/06 she is right around the 5'3 mark-met her numerous times. Derek said on 27/Dec/06 I heard he was her brother. Regardless, I'm sure he was nothing special because nobody has heard of him. J. said on 26/Dec/06 I don't think Enrico Ciconne is her brother. Glenn said on 25/Dec/06 Brad got the boot.disrespected me too much.people here want to take the easy way out and say I boot people due to disagreeing with me.not about that. Derek said on 24/Dec/06 Brad- Funny thing is that her brother Enrico is 6'4", assuming NHL measurements are accurate.

Brad said on 2/Dec/06 She didn't wear heels early on. She wore dancer shoes with no heel. Everybody around her did and thus she always looked 3-4 inches shorter than other people her height. She didn't care about anything.This is girl who didn't get driver's license til she was 27.Her brother Christopher is really short. Donna is the same height as Ciccone. Alex said on 2/Dec/06 I saw her leaving her hotel in Prague, Czech Republic last September (where she was on tour), from the very short distance, and I could say she is indeed around 5,4. She is tiny, but she's def not a midget! I also met and took a photo wit Donna de Lory, her long-time back up singer who is about the same height as Madonna, and I she is also about 5,4. So.... Alex said on 2/Dec/06 I saw her leaving her hotel in Prague, Czech Republic last September (where she was on tour), from the very short distance, and I could say she is indeed around 5,4. She is tiny, but she's def not a midget!

I also met and took a photo wit Donna de Lory, her long-time back up singer who is about the same height as Madonna, and I she is also about 5,4. So.... sleuth said on 1/Dec/06 On the famous American Bandstand clip from '83, Madonna is the shortest person in the studio. Scott said on 1/Dec/06 Madonna is approx 5'1 maybe 5'2 - but noticebly shorter than my wife 5'3.5 Met her whilst they were over on the island. Brad said on 1/Dec/06 She's 5' 4". She isn't tiny. She does hire small dancers to look taller. Sofia said on 27/Oct/06 ..this summer Madonna went in Rome..i sow her she was very close to me..so i can say that she's as tall as me..i'm 1.54 cm..!i even sow britney spears..she's..very short!!i mean her hands..her legs..a bull-dog face..however they look like two artificial persons.

Anonymous said on 26/Oct/06 ..yes, the "my children are 5 and 9....and I'm 5-9" comment she made on TRL definitely establishes her shortness. She's definitely no more than 5'4"...5'3.75 sounds pretty accurate to me... Jean said on 19/Oct/06 She's 5ft1 because she's 5ft3 or max 5ft4 with high heeled shoes on. Britney is the same height as well and probably was wearing platforms when she was in the picture with Madonna. Brad said on 17/Oct/06 Probably true. Her record company, when she owned it, was full of Ingrid's & Liz's. Some of her staff would make Liberace blush. J. said on 11/Oct/06 I remember Casares. I think she was a little more than Madonna's shadow ...if you know what I mean. Brad said on 11/Oct/06 The girl in the background is Ingrid Casares. Madonna's shadow for a number of years.

Kia said on 9/Oct/06 She is around 162 cm.. I know because I was standing next to her and we are the same hight.. :D Lena said on 3/Oct/06 Oh, she is so cool,when she doesn`t have loose hair,she looks like a 15-year old girl and it`s noticable that she`s no more than 1.57 cm,but it`s very strange when madonna has flowing hair she looks taller,maybe because of big hands.But I also think that madonna has smth in her shoes,that adds her odd 2 cm Doc said on 29/Sep/06 “Now lets get a closer look” I saw know danger, so I slowly move right hand toward her slowly, like a snake slithering for food. She was watching every move I make as she tries to avoid my hand. My hand starts opening up on the left side of her outstanding looking frame. I touch her lower backside of her physique body with my palm. She said in anger “What are you doing How Dare you touch me” as my Pinky wraps around her legs leaving her lower legs free.

With my two middle fingers curling around her hips and waist, then my forefinger going under her arms leaving her hands free and my thumb circling under her breasts. The Warm and Sensual Madonna was now enclosed in the palm of my hand. leonari said on 16/Sep/06 sina: you are right:not much! only 4 inches... Glenn said on 7/Sep/06 It was taken as I walked outside a party with her.I didnt plan it.I was 18.she never poses.she can be amongst the worst.this night she was ok. J. said on 6/Sep/06 Glenn, was it a fight to get this photo with her? What was she like? Brad said on 5/Sep/06 Madonna uses a lot of bright flat lighting in her shows. A lot of older actresses used it decades ago to make themselves younger being washed out from all sides by the lit heavy stage. She doesn't need it. Like Sophia Loren, that Italian blood means nice skin. She knows how to use motion picture make-up to flare out the lines. naya said on 18/Aug/06 what size does Madonna use in shoes????

Lena said on 18/Aug/06 I also saw a pic where madonna stands with stella mccartney,they both were in heels and had a visible difference in i`d say 6-7cm but i saw stella with scarlet johanson(who is 1.63 cm)and they had the same height,so when she says "five four and a half" it`s ridiculous she`s no more than 1.58 cm Lena said on 18/Aug/06 I also saw a pic where madonna stands with stella mccartney,they both were in heels and had a visible difference in i`d say 6-7cm but i saw stella with scarlet johanson(who is 1.63 cm)and they had the same height,so when she says "five four and a half" it`s ridiculous she`s no more than 1.58 cm Lena said on 18/Aug/06 I saw her on the concert and can say she is very tiny, it`s very cool that she in her years looks like a child Lena said on 18/Aug/06 she is definitely no more than

 1.57 because in comparison with gwyneth paltrow she looks like a chid,i`m 1.57 myself and my friend has the same height as paltrow and when we go together it looks the same as madonna with gwyneth Brad said on 8/Aug/06 She's big time into heels.

Her stage footwear pushes her 4"+. L said on 31/Jul/06 I saw a pic where Madonna goes with Gwyneth Paltrow and I`ve a friend who is 1.75 and when she wears heels and I`m in flats we have the same difference as Madonna and Gwyneth but I think the difference between my and Madonna height in 2 inches so I think she`s probably between 1.58-1.59 Brad said on 31/Jul/06 I met her in 1982 and she's 5'4". I met her again in '00 and she was wearing at least 4" heels and was looking very tall by then, less beads & crosses and a deeper voice with the baby fat gone. LLdiva said on 22/Jul/06 Madonna is 5'2" tops... maybe less. I was chatting with her in 1985 and she was wearing big shoes and she was very very short. I am 5' 5" and am very good appraising heights. D.

Ray Morton said on 14/Apr/06 I'm with Glenn - 5'3"- based on what I've seen in pictures (including this one). I did spot her pretty up-close in '87, and do remember that she was very small, but that's it. I'd always thought she'd be a statuesque goddess, and here was this tiny young woman. The experience sticks out in mind my because I was way into "True Blue" and "Who's That Girl" at the time and was incredibly jazzed over actually seeing her in person. The last thing on my mind was height calculation. ;) [Editor Rob: out of interest, what is it you do, in terms of work?] Morgan said on 24/Mar/06 I agree she looks 5ft 3 to me especially in the pics with Britney who is about 5'5"! Madonna is clearly not a midget!!!!!

ice said on 23/Mar/06 I'll believe what Glenn estimated, 5'3 cindy said on 21/Mar/06 no Cady Madonna is not 5'3 or 5'3.5, she is 5'4, Next to britney she is a little shorter and britney is a little taller than 5'4 also madonna hair is slicked back white britney's is not. mcfan said on 19/Mar/06 She only looks 5'3-5'3.5, not 5'4. Cady said on 19/Mar/06 How can Madonna be 5'4.5" if you look at the photos with Britney who actually is that height you can see Madonna is at least an inch shorter Ana Jewell said on 18/Mar/06 I believe in Madonna she looks tall, she is really Five four and a half!!

Cady said on 10/Mar/06 Madonna's heels on Ellen are about 3-4 inches I think she is 5'3" exactly anything under doesn't make sense but she is definately not 5'4.5" heightfan said on 9/Mar/06 That was me who posted about the Ellen encounter and after seeing your link, I still see those heels as being at least 3 inchers. Cliff said on 5/Mar/06 Having met Madonna nearly 20 years ago, I can say that my recollection of her was of being in the 5ft3 or 4 range. She was "small" but not by any means under 5ft3 barefoot imho. As others have pointed out, she does appear in photos to be taller than Shakira, Kylie, Geri Halliwell, and other women known to be no taller than 5ft1.

Anonymous said on 3/Mar/06 some of you people are on crack, some of you said she's 4'11 and 5'1, wow, if so, she is the tallest 4'11in person i have ever seen, she is much taller standing next to kylie minogue and shakira who is also 4'11 or 5feet. We need a revamp of her height said on 2/Mar/06 She can't be over 5'1. She's probably 4'11. lisa said on 2/Mar/06 madonna is definately 5'4, in her reinvention concert, hung up video and sorry video, she is always in 3 or 3 1/2in heels in her performances and comes up very close when standing next to daniel cloud campos(her freestlye dancer) who is 5'9in tall. Serene said on 16/Feb/06 Good idea rose, we should as glen what is her actual or estimated height..

rose said on 12/Feb/06 Why don't we go with what glen says considering he has actually met her and there is proof! I think she is 5'3" heightfan said on 10/Feb/06 She was on Ellen today, with 3 1/2 inch heels, and Ellen in sneaks, they were same height. I was suprised about this encounter, and now agree that Madonna is 5' 4". Hmmm said on 8/Feb/06 Isn't she the same height as Prince, who's about 5'1? Or shorter? I don't even think she's 5'1. She's a shrimp, like Kylie Minogue, who's 4'11 Serene said on 5/Feb/06 ice..gotta agree with you.. my mum is getting smaller and smaller.. Madonna should be listed as 5'3" ice said on 2/Feb/06 yeah, i think 5'3 too. maybe even 5'2.5 Serene said on 2/Feb/06 My mum is 5'3", but now she is really shrinking..

to 5'2".. when I was 12+ both of us are 159cm tall but now I am 160.5cm tall and she is about 157.5cm. I can't share her shoes and her shoes and believe me, her shoe size has also shrinked..from UK size 5 to 4. Glenn said on 31/Jan/06 id say 5-3.in this shot she had heels. CelebHeights Editor said on 29/Jan/06 Glenn, what did you make of madonna height when you saw her? Lena said on 9/Jan/06 I heard that she is 1.54cm is it truth, so why does she says the opposite? theheightguru said on 19/Dec/05 Good work Anonymous, If Madonna was ANYWHERE NEAR 5'4, she wouldn't be so much shorter than Britney. From the looks of that pic, if Christina Aguilera was standing straighter, SHE'D be taller than Madonna. Time for a downgrade.

Morgan said on 18/Dec/05 she looks more than an inch shorter- that hat is giving her extra height!!! jonny5 said on 16/Dec/05 raidio 1 dj said she was incredibly tiny some 1 who is 5ft4 is not incredibly tiny she is 5ft1 5ft2 at a push gyllenhaalic823 said on 9/Dec/05 lol responding to height fan, on TRL I seriously thought to myself . . . "OMG madonna you are NOT five 9 you are shorter than 5'6" vanessa!" and then it hit me like when u blurt out something stupid "whoops she was just kidding . . ." lol yeah she looks pretty tiny Penny said on 5/Dec/05 Did anyone see I'm Going To Tell you a Secret last week (UK) and notice how teeny she was compared to everyone?! There was a bit where she was wearing trainers and didn't even come up to Guy Richie's shoulder now maybe he is 6'5" but I don't think that's likely!!!

Morgan said on 22/Nov/05 Didn't Golria Estifan (5"1.5) say she was the same height as Madonna? Lindsay said on 19/Nov/05 In the UK magazine weekly Grazia it described Madonna as "the 5"3 singer" and they are usually correct with their information. Also in the pic on the Jlo listing with Britney and Kelly Rippa, Britney looks shorter than 5"5 and Madonna is a good bit shorter than Britney- this MUST mean Madonna is smaller than she says! ii said on 16/Nov/05 Go to and look at a pic of the guy sho runs the site with Madonna at the TRL (purple dress/huge sprkle shoes). I emailed him and asked his height, 5'9". She is clearly 5'1", which he confirmed. heightfan said on 29/Oct/05 I saw Madonna on MTV's TRL a couple of weeks ago and she looked very short even with very high heels. She seemed very uncomfortable standing next to the tall young hostess.(Vanessa Minnillo 5'9").

When asked the ages of her children she said 5 and 9, just like me, and looked up at Minnillo, trying to make light of the situation. Another funny thing was Madonna got to pick a winner in a dance contest and she picked a girl that couldn't have been 5'. [Editor Rob: minnillo 5ft 9? I ain't sure about that, I peg her in the 171-2cm range...but Madonna's 5ft 4.5 claim...] Liv said on 26/Oct/05 My aunt met Madonna in London last year and Madonna was wearing trainers and my aunt said she was incredibly tiny!! My aunt is 5"5 so I don't think Madonna can be 5"4 at all! nikki said on 30/Sep/05 madonna is 5"4.5, she is five feet and 4 inches in a half, she is almost 5'5, believe it or not. mcfan said on 3/Sep/05

Question: Who is taller, Holly Hunter or Madonna?
Answer: Madonna